I mentioned George Lakoff in my list of links a month ago, but somebody recently forwarded me a link to this interview with him, where I got a better sense of his thinking. That page also links to this other interview, which has some really great bits. Lakoff was the guy who said frames trump […]
The Apprentice
Okay, I’m not too proud to admit that I’ve been watching The Apprentice when I happen to be home on Thursday evenings. It’s pretty fascinating to see the different strategies towards the challenges that people take; some are free-wheeling, some want to lay out a process and a plan, etc. But the thing that I […]
Links, Schminks
It’s time for another round of links. As was the case last time, these are links that I found interesting for one reason or another, but I didn’t have enough commentary to justify a full entry. Dean’s movement Mitch Ratcliffe wrote an article, suggesting that “I think the opportunity now is to establish a permanent […]
Dean’s Last Stand
So I wanted to get one more entry in on politics before the Democratic primary race totally collapses this Tuesday when it looks like Kerry will take 5 of the 7 contested states. One of the things that I previously observed about this race is that it’s all about perception. In particular, I said a […]
Unions
Somehow the topic of unions came up at work yesterday, and, in particular, why unions have totally failed to become a force in the high-tech economy of the Bay Area. I had put some thought into this a few months ago when I made the mistake of deriding unions in front of a friend whose […]
Creative Class War
I just wanted to link to this great article by Richard Florida that I saw referenced over at Corante’s IdeaFlow. Richard Florida is the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, which I really liked. In this article, entitled Creative Class War, he takes his ideas and uses them to set the stage for […]
Talk by Paul Saffo
A couple weeks ago, I went to a talk by Paul Saffo down at Xerox PARC. I knew very little about Paul Saffo, other than that he was a well-known futurist, but I had heard good references to him in enough places that I wanted to see what he had to say. So I went. […]
Michael Moore endorses Clark
I’m on Michael Moore’s mailing list, and this morning he sent out his endorsement of Clark over Dean. Michael Moore, who most people know from his “documentaries” such as Roger and Me and Bowling for Columbine, is a bit of a wacko, but I think he does genuinely care about this country and its people. […]
A smattering of links
I have a bunch of things that I’ve been meaning to link to when I got around to writing up an accompanying blurb. I’m not sure that will ever happen. So rather than lose the links, I’m going to post them with minimal commentary because I’ve found it incredibly handy for me to be able […]
Community
I was reading an article by Phil Agre today, and was struck by a thought that I wanted to develop a little bit more. So I’m writing about it. One of the things I like about Agre’s work is that he is not a technological determinist; he believes that the use of technology is dependent […]
